Just for a laugh
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Richard Gawler
Western Thunderer
Cheap copy of MacBook battery pack.
Includes useless hazard.
simond
Western Thunderer
I would like to take whoever put that on the market and insert it firmly to ensure that they understood in painful detail just how much of a burn hazard it is.
I was Chief Engineer in a lithium battery plant. I lectured people about the risks of mishandling, and I ran a test lab to ensure our batteries met the customers’ and legal (mainly transportation) requirements.
Cheap shoddy importers that don’t follow the rules cost money and life, and should be prosecuted. The fact that Amazon and other online sellers claim that “we are not the retailer, only a marketplace, so it’s not our fault”, but in the process do real damage to our domestic retailers only compounds the crime in my eyes. They know full well what they’re doing. And our laws let them.
I would urge any & everyone to complain in writing to their MP about this every time there’s another house fire caused by an electric bike/scooter/counterfeit product.
Sorry about the rant, bit of a hobbyhorse.
atb
Simon
I was Chief Engineer in a lithium battery plant. I lectured people about the risks of mishandling, and I ran a test lab to ensure our batteries met the customers’ and legal (mainly transportation) requirements.
Cheap shoddy importers that don’t follow the rules cost money and life, and should be prosecuted. The fact that Amazon and other online sellers claim that “we are not the retailer, only a marketplace, so it’s not our fault”, but in the process do real damage to our domestic retailers only compounds the crime in my eyes. They know full well what they’re doing. And our laws let them.
I would urge any & everyone to complain in writing to their MP about this every time there’s another house fire caused by an electric bike/scooter/counterfeit product.
Sorry about the rant, bit of a hobbyhorse.
atb
Simon
Richard Gawler
Western Thunderer
Simon, the writing is not a burn hazard but a different word. This is why I posted the pictures.
simond
Western Thunderer
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
I thought it was because they each go east-west....
Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
It is, whatever one thinks of the entity it represents, actually a very clever and now iconic bit of graphic design.
"this arrow device was formed of two interlocked arrows across two parallel lines, symbolising a double track railway"
It's lasted nearly 60 years with only minor changes, and is probably only rivalled in recognisability by the classic London Transport roundel.
British Rail Double Arrow - Wikipedia
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
And that includes surviving post-BR, into Privatisation, and continuing to this day as THE recognised symbol for a railway station. That's a successful design.
Kylestrome
Active Member
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
Or "train station"...?
